Microgale taiva
Forsyth Major, 1896
Taiva Shrew Tenrec
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Atlantogenata |
| Superorder | : Afrotheria |
| Order | : Afrosoricida |
| Suborder | : Tenrecomorpha |
| Family | : Tenrecidae |
| Subfamily | : Oryzorictinae |
| Genus | : Microgale |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-12-01. Descriptions of four additional new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(108):461-463.
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Original name as described
Microgale taiva
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.112
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Ambohimitombo forest, Tanala Country, " Madagascar, Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Ambohimitombo town (1300 m) … 43 km (by road) SE of Ambositra, 10 km into eastern forest; Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa [Province, Madagascar]; 20°43'S, 47°26'E." Further clarified by P. D. Jenkins and M. D. Carleton in 2005 to "ca 20°40'S 47°24'E."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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